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a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging jackie chan to a fight here. look, the vosers -- >> paul ryan, what do you think of the selection? >> i'm with mark. i'm worried about ohio. i kind of liked him running the house rather than going to tune rals and belarus. he's come out of the box very well. he said in my district i start presentations sand the first thing i say is the ryan plan wouldn't affect up. don't worry about this, you're okay. afterwards a person says i paid into this program, don't mess with my medicare. the retort should be you paid in $50,000, you're getting 200,000 back. >> yo
a couple of weeks back, barack obama had the lead. now you've got that completely switched around, despite the fact for the past two weeks, democrats have been jumping up and down with glee, especially progressives, with glee with the election of paul ryan. . could it just be that while americans aren't member of congress u.s. -- aren't focused on the detail, they get it. >> we are winning the first battle because we're on offense about it. there's a continuing of i we're challenging...
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it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> president obama hinted this week that he does not approve of the republican budget proposal, mocking mitt romney's word choice in support of the plan. >> he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. it's a word you don't hear even generally. >> even "mad men" got in a cheap shot at romney. >> he's not going to michigan because romney is a clown. >> the head of the rnc compared its problem with women voters to an invented problem with mythical caterpillars. >> if the democrats said we had a problem with war on caterpillars, and the mainstream media talked about it, then we'd have a problem with caterpillars. >> rick santorum promised to fight on in a fantasy he had where he is george washington, and the rest of the field are german mercenaries. >> and that's why he crossed the delaware, surprised the hessians, and turned the tide of the revolution. >> in this combative week of national politics, it was ann romney who leapt to her husband's defense, threatening to un
it makes the contract with america look like the new deal. >> president obama hinted this week that he does not approve of the republican budget proposal, mocking mitt romney's word choice in support of the plan. >> he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing the budget. it's a word you don't hear even generally. >> even "mad men" got in a cheap shot at romney. >> he's not going to michigan because romney is a...
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it's right with all what obama was saying, unbelievable, march madness for three weeks is its best and it's march mayhem at its best and that's what they want to do is bring the mayhem moments. think about it, i go to bed, 25-point lead, iona is blowing it out, unbelievable and they get beat. that's march mayhem at its best. >> incredible start, and the game before that western kentucky was down 16 with five minutes to go and they come back to win. a lot of people watching this show, last minute, filling out the brackets, they want to know what should i do, what is dick vitale telling them in terms of a final four this year? >> well, let me tell you this, first of all, if you listen to me, you're in trouble, but i will tell you right now, i think, willie, i look right now that the goliath will ultimately prevail. i think we've seen the midmajors, shock, chasing that dream, the butlers, vcu, georgia mason, the davids beating the goliaths, so special, so unique, bring so much passion. but i think this year because the kids coming back to school that didn't go to the pros, one and done li
it's right with all what obama was saying, unbelievable, march madness for three weeks is its best and it's march mayhem at its best and that's what they want to do is bring the mayhem moments. think about it, i go to bed, 25-point lead, iona is blowing it out, unbelievable and they get beat. that's march mayhem at its best. >> incredible start, and the game before that western kentucky was down 16 with five minutes to go and they come back to win. a lot of people watching this show, last...
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. >> president obama hosted david cameron this week taking him on a mandate to an ncaa tournament game where the boys watched hoops and destroyed a couple of hot dogs. >> was our president helping you follow the game? >> he was giving me tips, he's going to help me fill out my bracket. >> and he's going to teach me cricket. >> there was a second date the very next day on the south lawn of the white house. >> to think that 200 years ago my ancestors tried to burn this place down. >> and then things really got steamy at a black tie state dinner where the president recalled his favorite moments of the special relationship. >> when we met two years ago, we exchanged beers from our hometowns, when we had a barbecue, david and i rolled up our sleeves and decided to flip the burgers ourselves, and finally when david and i got beat pretty badly in table tennis by local london kids, both of them -- i'm quoting here -- looked a little confused. >> at number two, blago goes to jail. >> maybe you've got to be a little bit more humble. you can never have enough humility, and maybe i could have had
. >> president obama hosted david cameron this week taking him on a mandate to an ncaa tournament game where the boys watched hoops and destroyed a couple of hot dogs. >> was our president helping you follow the game? >> he was giving me tips, he's going to help me fill out my bracket. >> and he's going to teach me cricket. >> there was a second date the very next day on the south lawn of the white house. >> to think that 200 years ago my ancestors tried to...
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here we are how many weeks later? >> i'm asking if it works coming from paul ryan. >> can i ask you a question? how many weeks? >> two and a half weeks. >> two and a half weeks later? i think we're good. what did paul ryan say, willie? he said the response was slow, confused, and it is. in the middle of all this, the president thinks it's a bump in the road. i think two weeks later, not time to ask these questions? the biggest problem before was they did it the morning after all of this erupted. >> it was bad press by them. but what we pointed out early on is it was insults to americans to propose the idea that it was based on the youtube video. that people showed up with heavy weapons, rpgs and things like that as i said before to talk about a mouth breather in the united states that 3,000 people on youtube had seen. that was the insult. that wasn't the problem, that they went out publicly and said right away it was based on the video. >> bottom line, mark halperin, you look at all the polls, americans want to get ba
here we are how many weeks later? >> i'm asking if it works coming from paul ryan. >> can i ask you a question? how many weeks? >> two and a half weeks. >> two and a half weeks later? i think we're good. what did paul ryan say, willie? he said the response was slow, confused, and it is. in the middle of all this, the president thinks it's a bump in the road. i think two weeks later, not time to ask these questions? the biggest problem before was they did it the morning...
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mitt romney this past week won ugly. >> won very ugly. >> but barack obama won ugly in 2008. he ran more negative ads than anybody else in the history of television. he ran so many negative ads that he actually swung ahead of john mccain on the question of who do you trust more on taxes. remember the grainy, negative false misleading ads that he ran over and over again with mccain's gray -- i mean these negative ads worked. they worked for barack obama, now they're working for mitt romney. >> i think we could take it for granted if romney is a nominee his team will be able to and his allies who have a lot of money and will run an effective ad campaign. the big variable to me, the bigger variable is what have we learned in florida about romney as a performer. in presidential politics nationally your ads matter and your performance on the stump matter just as much more. the record is mixed. he was good at times but still having trouble with some of his presentation, and i think he needs to continue to improve in this fight with gingrich over the next month at least as an opport
mitt romney this past week won ugly. >> won very ugly. >> but barack obama won ugly in 2008. he ran more negative ads than anybody else in the history of television. he ran so many negative ads that he actually swung ahead of john mccain on the question of who do you trust more on taxes. remember the grainy, negative false misleading ads that he ran over and over again with mccain's gray -- i mean these negative ads worked. they worked for barack obama, now they're working for mitt...
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next week we're going to see in charlotte, women women women from the podium. you can see in the speech the sort of awkward turn in that clip you showed to talking about all the women who have been there. see how much it's on their minds. >> we were talking about marco rubio who delivered a great speech, but whether it was marco rubio or chris christie or whom ever it was up there, you got to sense these were auditions for 2016, that it was almost like, oh, no. showing up at somebody's wedding and going -- dancing down the aisle before the bride walks next. i'm next. marry me. >> i got the bouquet. >> not marco's fault. the people who set it up fault. americans are turning on their tv sets and they're watching marco at 10:35 p.m. introducing america to -- >> marco. >> marco. >> for 15 minutes, which was a sign that it was more about marco than it was about mitt romney. i think you guys will agree, a lot of the buzz was who's next. 2016 being wide open. a number of candidates done really well, paul ryan at the head of the list, but we see marco rubio, governor s
next week we're going to see in charlotte, women women women from the podium. you can see in the speech the sort of awkward turn in that clip you showed to talking about all the women who have been there. see how much it's on their minds. >> we were talking about marco rubio who delivered a great speech, but whether it was marco rubio or chris christie or whom ever it was up there, you got to sense these were auditions for 2016, that it was almost like, oh, no. showing up at somebody's...
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case. >> you look at the state of the union address this past week. a great political speech. at the end of the day, we ask the same thing of him as romney. what does it mean? nothing. nothing. there is no ideological basis to that. >> i can tell you in about six sentences what reaganism is. i can tell you in eight sentences what clintonism is. i can't tell new eight paragraphs what obamaism is or romneyism is. they have views and beliefs and policies but the essence of the thing is still opaque. it's a problem. >> gene, is that fair? >> not entirely. >> what is obamaism? >> i think obamaism -- my understanding of obamaism is that he believes our left-right political spectrum is broken and we've crowded at the ends of it and what he talked about during the campaign and i think this is obamaism, whether or not we've seen it develop or not, is expanding in a different direction on a not just x and y axis but z axis as well. >> you understand what i'm saying? i don't know that barack obama has found his ism. >> you don't have to evaluate every policy as
case. >> you look at the state of the union address this past week. a great political speech. at the end of the day, we ask the same thing of him as romney. what does it mean? nothing. nothing. there is no ideological basis to that. >> i can tell you in about six sentences what reaganism is. i can tell you in eight sentences what clintonism is. i can't tell new eight paragraphs what obamaism is or romneyism is. they have views and beliefs and policies but the essence of the thing is...
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wish huntsman had had the fastness of mind to say how about that guy judd gregg, isn't he working for obama too. >> there was an advertisement in your paper a couple of weeks ago questioning all these from the red state and george will about the true conservative in this race being john huntsman. let me ask you as a small government conservative as well. why does huntsman have the best conservative record, most consistent through the year, but he's not doing well in the debate. why didn't you give him your endorsement. >> i think he tried to position himself as a moderate over the conservatives. his record is more conservative than the way he introduced himself. >> any predictions, joe? >> well, romney, but not by as much as anybody says, and a real close shot for second. >> and wayne, you love this field. tell me, wayne, who's going to win it. >> the polls are the polls, but i remember in 2000, john mccain and george w. bush in the closing days were neck and neck and george one by 8 points. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let y
wish huntsman had had the fastness of mind to say how about that guy judd gregg, isn't he working for obama too. >> there was an advertisement in your paper a couple of weeks ago questioning all these from the red state and george will about the true conservative in this race being john huntsman. let me ask you as a small government conservative as well. why does huntsman have the best conservative record, most consistent through the year, but he's not doing well in the debate. why didn't...
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he zeroed in on president obama's comments last week about the government's role in building businesses saying obama's words speak volumes. >> now i'm -- i know there's some people who think what the president said was a gaffe. it wasn't a gaffe. it was instead his ideology. the president does, in fact, believe that people who build enterprises like this really aren't responsible for it. but in fact, it's a collective success of the whole society that somehow builds enterprises like this. >> so why don't you now ask a leading question to mark halperin while i roll my eyes. >> sure. mark halperin, ridiculous, actually i think mitt romney probably doesn't want to build a narrative that's not necessarily completely accurate about the president because the narrative about him is equally as damaging. how's that? not a question. >> that wasn't even a question. >> where is that leading me. >> i'm just really tired of this whole thing and it's silly. >> gets so tired of it that when -- >> i couldn't read the story. it's killing me. >> her hand went up. are you tired of this, mark? i'm tired of
he zeroed in on president obama's comments last week about the government's role in building businesses saying obama's words speak volumes. >> now i'm -- i know there's some people who think what the president said was a gaffe. it wasn't a gaffe. it was instead his ideology. the president does, in fact, believe that people who build enterprises like this really aren't responsible for it. but in fact, it's a collective success of the whole society that somehow builds enterprises like this....
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to overturn obama care or not. what are you looking at? >> i have no idea what they're going to do. i think chief justice roberts is a complicating factor. he's made clear he'd rather not have a totally partisan court, he would like to have decisions by something other than a 5-4 majority. how he can make this work i don't know. the stakes are very high. from purely political and did-point losing this would be very tough for him during this election campaign and personally i think a wrong decision for the country. >> could he build a bad outcome as -- into the narrative that the republicans, even the conservative court are part of what's stalling this country? >> i think it's hard. >> you know, rich, i have thought along, mark halperin, a loss could be a win for the democrats, then goy back to -- then i go back to -- >> a loss is a loss. >> bill clinton in '93 and '94, and '94 and '96, the guy got hammered around, loathed by a lot of people, but he figured out how to win. that's when i learned politically americans
to overturn obama care or not. what are you looking at? >> i have no idea what they're going to do. i think chief justice roberts is a complicating factor. he's made clear he'd rather not have a totally partisan court, he would like to have decisions by something other than a 5-4 majority. how he can make this work i don't know. the stakes are very high. from purely political and did-point losing this would be very tough for him during this election campaign and personally i think a wrong...
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that obama elevated himself. it was a tough fight. but in the end it was a fair fight. you didn't see a negative ad in clinton/obama until the texas and ohio primaries in march. there were no negative ads until march. this race has been much more personal and vitriolic and i think no one can look at the race and say mitt romney or newt gingrich has elevated themselves in the process. no one looks like a bigger figure than when the race started. they've punched holes into each other. that's not saying that that mitt romney can't recover. but the race has been bad for them, rather than enhancing their stature, i think it's been, drug them down into the mud. >> i think the real question is michael said, what happens now. we've seen the polls, it looks like perhaps a double-digit win for romney today. we don't want to jump to the conclusion. but it looks like he's going to win. mike allen pointed out, women, if you look at the polls have completely abandoned newt gingrich in the state of florida. he can't overcome th
that obama elevated himself. it was a tough fight. but in the end it was a fair fight. you didn't see a negative ad in clinton/obama until the texas and ohio primaries in march. there were no negative ads until march. this race has been much more personal and vitriolic and i think no one can look at the race and say mitt romney or newt gingrich has elevated themselves in the process. no one looks like a bigger figure than when the race started. they've punched holes into each other. that's not...
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they've already started this week. i think all of you probably got the e-mail from stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager, reaching out to the millions of obama supporters, asking them to post a story about how a $2,000 tax break, which is at stake on december 31st, would help them. meanwhile, all these republican candidates progressive groups, anybody who has something up in 2014, their mouths are watering for this data. and the obama campaign for now is not saying what they're going to do with it. i think they'll wait till closer to the inauguration. louis romano reports in the story now leading "politico" that they may form a nonprofit group to maintain it. it probably won't go over in the democratic national committee. it's so valuable, they're going to keep it to support the president's agenda. and one way to do that is democratic candidates. they'll eventually get to use it, but they won't get to hold it. >> all right. very good. mike allen, thank you so much. it's always great talking to you. >>> and comi
they've already started this week. i think all of you probably got the e-mail from stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager, reaching out to the millions of obama supporters, asking them to post a story about how a $2,000 tax break, which is at stake on december 31st, would help them. meanwhile, all these republican candidates progressive groups, anybody who has something up in 2014, their mouths are watering for this data. and the obama campaign for now is not saying what they're going to...
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to backing obama. there's enough evidence in the poll to suggest that americans do want him to do well despite so many pockets of resistance. and i think the sense that americans feel like the economic situation's going to turn around is what they're really banking on as he asks for more time in the electorate. >> mark haleprin? >> there are fresh numbers that show romney opening up a lead in florida. certainly the conventional wisdom is romney's in a commanding position. what's the scenario between now and tuesday where gingrich can come back and win florida if you can see one. >> i think he needs a moment on the trail, number one. he is up with new negative ads. but i think the real problem that gingrich has. i go back to the guy with the best night last night was rick santorum. and any conservative who may start to feel a little bit squeamish about gingrich. as we've seen this play out before, it doesn't go to romney, it ends up finding another place to go, and santorum made himself a plausible plac
to backing obama. there's enough evidence in the poll to suggest that americans do want him to do well despite so many pockets of resistance. and i think the sense that americans feel like the economic situation's going to turn around is what they're really banking on as he asks for more time in the electorate. >> mark haleprin? >> there are fresh numbers that show romney opening up a lead in florida. certainly the conventional wisdom is romney's in a commanding position. what's the...
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so there are all kinds of different gymnastics being performed by the romney campaign last week. they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. and guess what, it does not work. >> all right. despite being outfund-raised, president obama clings to a lead in the polls. >> while romney is outraising the president, the president is burning through -- their words -- burning through money right now. how much of an impact is this going to have in the fall? you wonder how many 30-second commercials somebody can run. >> if you're in columbus, ohio, bring all the women, children, cats inside. >> unplug the tv. >> the obama campaign decided to spend very early, very hard and a great deal. two assumptions: number one, they could set up an apparatus and infrastructure and define romney. what they did think is at some point those fat cats in september would say we do have a problem and will deliver more money. i'm not sure the third assumption is true. >> why is that? >> there's a lot of resistance among democratic fat cats to give big money. they don't like super pac
so there are all kinds of different gymnastics being performed by the romney campaign last week. they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. and guess what, it does not work. >> all right. despite being outfund-raised, president obama clings to a lead in the polls. >> while romney is outraising the president, the president is burning through -- their words -- burning through money right now. how much of an impact is this going to have in the fall? you...
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>> senior adviser for the obama campaign robert gibbs, he's going to join us on the set. we also have strategist rich gallon and nbc news political director homeless this week but we take him in. >> oh! >> with a warm embrace, the light's always on for chuck todd. up next, top republicans are split over the potential pick of paul ryan as mitt romney's running mate. why some are saying it would play right into the president's hand. that story in the politico playbook. first here's bill karins, he has a check on the forecast. what's it going to be looking like today out there? >> good news not so much for the mid-atlantic and northeast but for the drought area where we've been watching this developing story over the last two months. cooler air finally heading your way. yesterday was another unbelievably hot day with 100 widespread. i think this is the hottest we're probably going to see maybe until next summer. here's why. big pattern change across the country through the northern plains into the great lakes over the next three to four days. some cool air from canada finall
>> senior adviser for the obama campaign robert gibbs, he's going to join us on the set. we also have strategist rich gallon and nbc news political director homeless this week but we take him in. >> oh! >> with a warm embrace, the light's always on for chuck todd. up next, top republicans are split over the potential pick of paul ryan as mitt romney's running mate. why some are saying it would play right into the president's hand. that story in the politico playbook. first...
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. >> 44% disapproving only a week ago. his approval was upside down, then, with 45% approving and 48% disapproving. >>> and in gallup's nation head-to-head tracking poll, president obama now leads romney 49% to 44%. a week ago the two were separated by just one point. >> so do mark halperin, about a four or five-point bump from the convention? >> today, but bounces, you know, sometimes settle back down. >> it bounces around. but this was a dead heat before the convention started, and now barack obama has a three, four, five-point lead. >> there's a pretty close consensus amongst most people who follow this closely that the president now has a meaningful lead, that it's not tied in within the margin of error and that extends not just the national polls but to the battleground states. but governor romney has money and time to try to make up the difference. >> yeah. did you read jim vandehigh's article yesterday in politico? >> yeah. >> good stuff. >> it focuses a little on ohio. mitt romney campaigns today in ohio which is a
. >> 44% disapproving only a week ago. his approval was upside down, then, with 45% approving and 48% disapproving. >>> and in gallup's nation head-to-head tracking poll, president obama now leads romney 49% to 44%. a week ago the two were separated by just one point. >> so do mark halperin, about a four or five-point bump from the convention? >> today, but bounces, you know, sometimes settle back down. >> it bounces around. but this was a dead heat before the...
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but i was listening to president obama's speech earlier this week. and we had special events and everyone was watching that speech quite closely. and it was netanyahu in town and the difference was president obama didn't take the hard line that people thought he would considering it was a big israeli visit and it was the conference. and he said, look, there is time on this issue and there's a window for diplomacy and all the hawks in the political candidates beating a drum beat for war, calm down. and you want to have a war with iran, tell me exactly why and how you think this is going to play out. because most people think it'll play out very, very badly. and iran's supreme leader who is the person who has always run iran and now it's much more obvious considering president ahmadinejad lost an election there and is now a lame duck, the supreme leader came out and welcomed those comments. and that's rare because he doesn't make that kind of direct political statement very often. >> were you surprised by that, as well? >> i was. it's a rare moment tha
but i was listening to president obama's speech earlier this week. and we had special events and everyone was watching that speech quite closely. and it was netanyahu in town and the difference was president obama didn't take the hard line that people thought he would considering it was a big israeli visit and it was the conference. and he said, look, there is time on this issue and there's a window for diplomacy and all the hawks in the political candidates beating a drum beat for war, calm...
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on obama's law. "the sun" is counting on billions of dollars of medicaid money that could go away if the law or parts of it are struck down. >> and "the san francisco chronicle" great town and great paper. "the chronicle" has a story reminiscent of the george clooney movie "the december endents" billionaire murdoch owns the island and has a buyer, leaving the fate of the island's 3,000 residents in limbo. >> up next, the best of late-night. we'll be right back. our cloud is not soft and fluffy. our cloud is made of bedrock. concrete. and steel. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. island and has a buyer, leaving and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. verizon. fresher less processed foods introducing freshpet recipes so fresh the only preservative we use is the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido all your important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start
on obama's law. "the sun" is counting on billions of dollars of medicaid money that could go away if the law or parts of it are struck down. >> and "the san francisco chronicle" great town and great paper. "the chronicle" has a story reminiscent of the george clooney movie "the december endents" billionaire murdoch owns the island and has a buyer, leaving the fate of the island's 3,000 residents in limbo. >> up next, the best of late-night....